Summary: Students in different parts of the world design a self portrait using digital photography, and manipulate the image(s) using a software such as Adobe Photoshop, or using available materials to create their self-portrait.
Description: Overall lesson concept: • To design a self portrait using either computer software or traditional media like paint or pastels to create a self-portrait centering on the theme “Visions of Me” that does not include self in his or her entirety. • Concepts like fragmentation, or part-to-whole, or creating a collage can be applied to this assignment. My students keyword image searched “photographic self-portraits” to first gain insight on some photographic solutions within the Google database. • Every participant needs to begin with a photograph of him or herself, and then will build upon this to create a unique visual solution that defines self without saying it in a visually whole manner. Consideration needs to be given to the camera angle, to lighting effects, and to the composition layout as a whole. • After the artwork is complete, every artist will sign their piece, title their piece, and display the title with the artwork. • The following questions should be considered by each artist: o How much of me do I need to show to be recognized as me? o How can I define myself by my community or my friends or my family? o How does my environment influence who I become? o What mood do I want to express in this vision of myself, and what colors best represent this mood? o How will I contrast textural areas with smooth areas?
- Facilitator(s): Dianne_Shanian
- Country: United States
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- Student Age Level: 5-11, 12-14, 15-18
- Contributions: Building awareness between students’ vision and definition of self and their respective communities; Creating a critique format that utilizes the terminology of the elements and principles of art to augment students’ art vocabulary and verbal expression of the visual outcome.
- Outcomes: Posting the description of this assignment, along with the artwork on the iEARN website for all cultures to compare and contrast the visual outcomes of each entrant’s vision of self. (All artwork to be posted as jpeg files.) Discussions in the forums in relation to personal reactions to the art that results from self-portraiture using the format of art critique and art vocabulary, not general criticism.
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